Essex station (Montana) explained

Style:Amtrak
Essex, MT
Address:290 Izaak Walton Inn Road
Borough:Essex, Montana
Country:United States
Coordinates:48.2753°N -113.6103°W
Owned:BNSF Railway/Izaak Walton Inn
Line:BNSF Hi Line Subdivision
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:2
Accessible:Yes
Opened:June 18, 1893 (Great Northern Railway)[1] [2]
March 1985 (Amtrak; conditional stop)[3]
November 1985 (Amtrak; flag stop)[4]
Mapframe:yes

Essex station is a stop on Amtrak's Empire Builder line in Essex, Montana. Essex has a year-round population of less than 50; most passengers are visitors to the nearby historic Izaak Walton Inn located about NaNmiles away.[5] [6]

There currently is no station building at Essex, passengers are shuttled directly to the Inn.

Essex is a flag stop. That is, the stop is skipped in the event that there are no passengers listed in Amtrak’s digital reservation system to alight or board at the station.

Between 1970 and 1985 there were no regular stops at Essex.[4] In late 2010, Amtrak built a concrete platform with embedded heating coils for automatic snow clearance to replace the former asphalt platform, and also added additional lighting and fencing.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Allen, W.F. . Travelers Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada . 1893 . National Railway Publication Company . New York, New York . 500 . November 22, 2021.
  2. News: The Railroads . November 22, 2021 . . June 18, 1893 . 19. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Historic Inn to Receive Rail Service . October 19, 2019 . The Spokesman-Review . March 10, 1985 . Spokane, Washington . 35. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Essex Inn Amtrak Flag Stop . October 19, 2019 . The Independent-Record . November 12, 1985 . Helena, Montana . 11. Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: Amtrak - Great American Stations . . 2009-04-23.
  6. Web site: Grau . Kara . Bruns-Dubois, Melissa . Nickerson, Norma P. . The Economic Review of the Travel Industry in Montana . Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana . December 2006 . 2007-02-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230171913/http://itrr.umt.edu/ecorev/Economicreview2006.pdf . 2013-12-30 .